Zia Sheikh – Importance Of Salaah

			This Qur'an unites us to the path
		

			of goodness.
		

			It guides us.
		

			Allah, the Exalted, has sent it and the
		

			Messenger of Allah is with it.
		

			In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most
		

			Merciful.
		

			As we know, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		

			has ordained upon us the Salat five times
		

			daily.
		

			And it is one of the five pillars.
		

			It is something that we need to be
		

			doing, you know, regularly, without fail, and there
		

			is no excuse for any person to miss
		

			the Salat.
		

			Whether a person is sick, whether a person
		

			is travelling, whether a person, even if he
		

			cannot get out of bed, a person is
		

			still obligated to pray the Salat while lying
		

			in his bed.
		

			That is how important the Salat is.
		

			A person can never ever miss the Salat.
		

			So, this month of Ramadan, we should try
		

			to increase the Khushu' in our Salat.
		

			We should try to gain the sweetness of
		

			standing in front of Allah subhanahu wa ta
		

			'ala, by prostrating in front of Allah subhanahu
		

			wa ta'ala, to feel our connection with
		

			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, to get to
		

			the level of Ihsan, which is mentioned in
		

			the Hadith, that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
		

			sallam, he said that, أُعْبُدُ اللَّهَ كَأَنَّكَ تَرَاهُ
		

			فَإِنَّمْ تَكُنْ تَرَاهُ فَإِنَّهُ يُرَاكُ Worship Allah subhanahu
		

			wa ta'ala as if you are seeing
		

			him, and if you cannot do that, at
		

			least keep in mind that he is seeing
		

			you.
		

			And that will only happen when you try
		

			to increase your concentration in Salat.
		

			So, Ramadan is an ideal time to do
		

			that.
		

			You have more free time on your hands.
		

			You can engage in the praying of Nafl
		

			Salat.
		

			Particularly, you are waking up for Suhoor, and
		

			Suhoor time is also, it happens to be
		

			Tahajjud time.
		

			So, you can pray Salat at Tahajjud, at
		

			the time of Suhoor, just before eating Suhoor,
		

			you should maybe pray two or four Rakaat,
		

			make it a daily habit throughout the month
		

			of Ramadan, and also try to do that
		

			after the month of Ramadan, and make that
		

			a habit throughout the rest of your life.
		

			I pray that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		

			gives me and you the Tawfiq to understand
		

			and practice what has been said and heard.